Libraries

The University of Kentucky is proud to be home to one of the world's best leading research libraries. William T. Young Library is the crown jewel of the UK library system. The library measures 365,000 square feet, seats 4,000 people and houses 1.2 million volumes.

The library system maintains a humanities, social sciences and life sciences collection in William T. Young Library as well as subject libraries in several colleges and departments around campus, each library holding materials related to the particular discipline it serves. These materials and their locations are listed in InfoKat, the Libraries' online catalog.